Hay-carrier



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J. G 85 J. A. PIRON.

HAY CARRIER.

Patented Dec. 17, 1895.

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No. 551,474; Patented Dec. 17, 1395.

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UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB G. PIRON, OF SYRACUSE, AND JAMES A. PIRQN, OF BRIDGEPORT, NEWYORK.

HAY-CARRIER.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551 ,474, datedDecember 17, 1895. A licatien filed May 15, 1295: Serial No. 549,394..'(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JACOB G. PIRON, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, and JAMES A. PIRON, of Bridgeport, in the county of Madison,and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay-Carriers, of which the following, taken in 0011- nection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices for carrying away hay as it drops fromthe fork to the sides of the mow.

Our object is to produce a device for thus carrying hay after it hasbeen released from the fork to the sides and corners of the mow, so asto obviate the necessity of the presence of several persons to mow itaway, and to that end our invention consists in the several new andnovel features and combination of parts hereinafter described and whichare specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed. It isconstructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,in which Figure 1 is an end view of a building in which it isdesired to store hay, showing our invention in operation. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the tilting rack which serves to deposit the hay to thesides of the mow or building in which it is desired to store it. Fig. 3is a side view thereof. Fig. 4 is an end view with the truss-rodremoved.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a building in which it is desired to store the hay, straw, or otherprovender, and provided with truss or cross beams a at either end of thebuilding for the purpose of supporting the tilting rack B. Above therack is placed means for mounting the pulley which supports the hay-forkand a trackway for conveying it longitudinally over the rack-bar B inthe ordinary way. The rack B is constructed in the ordinary way,substantially as shown, having a main longitudinal bar I) havinggudgeons 0 upon each end which are adapted to be mounted in the bearingscl mounted upon the truss or cross beams a. The rack B is provided withcross-beams e and preferably end pieces 6. The central or main bar I) isprovided centrally with a downwardlyextending weight f supported by rodsf, and g is a truss-rod secured at each end to the bar I) and engagingwith the eye or hook 9 upon the weight f, the rod supporting the eye 9being provided with a thumb-screw h for the purpose of raising orlowering it, as may be desired, so as to tighten or relax the truss-rod9 whenever desired.

'6 is a downwardly-extending pin at either end of the bracket and isadapted to engage with pins j so as to prevent the rack from tiltingfarther than to a specified angle.

It will be observed that when the hay is dropped from the fork upon therack its own weight will cause the rack to tilt, as shown in Fig. 1.Then when the hay is dropped down to the side of the mow the weight fwill force the rack-bar back to its normal position again ready for thenext fork full.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In a hay carrier, the tilting rack provided with a longitudinal barI), gudgeons 0 upon the ends of the bar, the pins 71 which project downfrom and form part of the gudgeons; the cross beams a, and the stop pinsj, upon opposite sides of the bearings for the rack, combined with therods f which extend down from the central bar I), the perforated weight,applied to the lower ends of the rods f, the truss rod having its endssecured to the outer ends of the rack, the threaded hook g, which passesthrough the weight and engages with the rod, and the nut for tighteningor loosening the rod, substantially as shown.

2. The automatically tilting rack, short rigid rods secured to the underside of the rack, a weight supported by the rods, a screw rod passingthrough the weight, the truss rods secured at their inner ends to thescrew rod, and a nut for tightening the rods, all combined substantiallyas described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands on this 3d day of May,1895.

JACOB G. PIRON.

- JAS. A. PIRON.

In presence of JESSIE E. MURRAY, HOWARD P. DENISON.

